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Material: Tortoise Shell
Musical Snuffbox by Alibert playing 2 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century. This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
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1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze

Fine French Tortoiseshell Boulle Clock by Brocot & Delettrez, Paris
Located in Norwich, GB
Fine French Tortoiseshell Boulle Mantel Clock by Brocot & Delettrez, Paris French Boulle clock housed in a fine quality tortoiseshell drumhead case with brass inlaid decoration to a...
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1860s French Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Henredon Mid Century Faux Tortoise Console Table
Located in Countryside, IL
Henredon Mid Century Faux Tortoise Console Table This table measures: 45 wide x 15 deep x 26.25 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Wood

Figural Dor'e Bronze Brass Inlaid Ebonizied Marble Top Boulle Style Nightstand
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is part of a complete bedroom set including an armoire, a commode/dresser and a bed. This is an incredibly beautiful inlaid brass over tortoise shell nightstand...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

Musical Snuffbox Playing 2 Tunes and Cupido on the Lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century. This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
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1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze

Musical Laurencekirk Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century. This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
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1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze

Musical Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes depicting a Bouquet of Flowers to the lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century. This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
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1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze

Musical Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes with Flowerpot to the lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century. This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
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1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze

Anglo Indian Tortoise and Bone Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany and clad in tortoise shell decorated with bone straps, carved and painted floral panels, and paw feet. The inside has a mirror and bon...
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Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Bone, Tortoise Shell

A Regency tortoiseshell and ivory desk set
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency tortoiseshell and ivory desk set, of shaped rectangular form with two glass inkwells, an ivory pot and two ivory pen holders above a curved pen tra...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Ivory, Tortoise Shell

A small oval tortoiseshell piqué patch pot
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A small oval tortoiseshell piqué patch pot, the hinged lid with a beribboned garland of flowers round a blank escutcheon, raised on four ogee feet....
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Early 20th Century English Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Hans TurnwaId ce Bucket Apple, Turtle Pattern, 1970 Freddo Therm, Switzerland
Located in Paris, France
A lovely ice bucket in the shape of an apple, by the Switzerland designer Hans TurnwaId edited by Freddo Therm the top and the base in Lucite acrylic Tortoise Shelland and a handle i...
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Mid-20th Century Swiss Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Acrylic

A large Art Deco silver mounted tortoiseshell easel mirror
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Art Deco silver mounted tortoiseshell easel mirror, the rectangular plate framed in tortoiseshell with large silver mounts applied to the corners comprising athemions with sq...
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1910s English Art Deco Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

A large Edwardian shaped rectangular silver and tortoiseshell piqué box
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Edwardian shaped rectangular silver and tortoiseshell piqué box, the hinged lid with a dainty basket suspended from a bow with long ribbons entwined with flowering tendrils, ...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Silver

Victorian Tortoise Shell Desk Box W/ 3 Italian Faux Tortoise Leather Books
Located in Kennesaw, GA
Holiday Gift Idea! This is a late 19th century English tortoise shell desk box paired with a set of three Italian faux tortoise leather notebooks. The notebooks have not been used. T...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Leather, Paper

"Tea Caddy" English Tortoise Shell & Mother-of-Pearl Double Compartment 19th-c.
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Regency Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy from the 1st quarter of the 19th century. It has a sarcophagus form with hinged cover opening to disclose t...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl

A very rare Victorian silver and tortoiseshell model of a miner’s lamp
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A very rare Victorian silver and tortoiseshell model of a miner’s lamp, of rectangular form with a carrying handle on the hinged lid and the front with a bulb visible within a protru...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

White Caviar Bead Box Purse w Tortoiseshell Celluloid Lid and Long Strap, 1950s
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This charming 1950s purse is a true vintage gem. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, it features a tortoiseshell celluloid lid and a stylish braid handle, adding a touch of ...
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Mid-20th Century Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Lucite

An Indian colonial tortoiseshell veneered teak portable two-door cabinet
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Mughal India, Gujarat, 2nd half 17th century H. 22.4 x W. 30.3 x D. 26.8 cm This small cabinet has six drawers behind two doors. Originally ordered by the Portuguese, and made afte...
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17th Century Indian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Teak

Antique French Cobalt & Delicate Gold Bronze "Lacework" Jewelry Box, Circa 1870.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Cobalt and Delicate Gold Bronze "Lacework" Jewelry Box, Circa 1860-1880. Tortoise shell lined.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Bronze

Hague clock by Tobias Klaaijssen Vlissinghe
Located in HAARLEM, NL
A tortoiseshell veneered Hague clock with elephant ivory mounted columns and ivory padfeet by Tobias Klaaijssen Vlissinghe. Completely checked and approved...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Ivory, Tortoise Shell

Antique Tortoiseshell singing bird box, by Bontems
Located in London, GB
A antique tortoiseshell singing bird box, by Bontems Circa 1890, Going-barrel movement, Motor-view light anomaly... When wound and start/...
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1890s French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Composition tortoiseshell and gilt metal singing bird box
Located in London, GB
A good antique composition tortoiseshell and gilt metal singing bird box, German circa 1900 Going-barrel movement Setting the birds free... When wound and the sta...
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Early 1900s Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Turtleshell hair comb with snake and mistletoe berries, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Hairdressing comb with spotted tortoiseshell prongs and decoration in silver and stones (rubies and micropearls) depicting a snake and a branch of mi...
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Early 20th Century French Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Stone, Silver

Antique Pictorial enamel and underbelly-cut tortoiseshell singing bird box
Located in London, GB
A fine antique pictorial enamel and underbelly-cut tortoiseshell singing bird box, Circa 1910, Going-barrel movement, Soft streaks of light throughout this fabulous case... When wound and start/stop slide moved to the right, the bird emerges through the pierced and tooled gilt grille, moving bone beak, wings and body from side-to-side to continuous synchronized birdsong. With the bird displaying...
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1890s Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

English Silver & Tortoiseshell Carriage Clock in Form of Bracket Clock
Located in London, GB
A good English Edwardian silver and tortoiseshell hump backed carriage clock. With a French 8 day movement with lever escapement. Porcelain dial. Hallmarked for 1912 and with London ...
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1910s English Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Silver

Henredon Mid Century Faux Tortoise Console Table - Pair
Located in Countryside, IL
Henredon Mid Century Faux Tortoise Console Table - Pair Each table measures: 45 wide x 15 deep x 26.25 inches high All pieces of furniture can be...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Wood

Green Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
Green tortoiseshell tea caddy from England. With two interior covers raised on four silver ball feet. Circa 1870.
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1870s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Silver

Louis XV French Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tortoiseshell Boulle Commode/Drawer
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Amazing French Gilt Bronze-Mounted Tortoise Shell Boulle Drawer Table. Drawers on both sides, one side is operational and the other is fixed. It has beautiful bronze angels on the si...
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17th Century Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Wood

Silver and silver pique tortoiseshell hairbrushes and hand mirror original case
Located in London, GB
A very attractive George V un-used 6 piece brush and mirror set in silver and tortoiseshell with fine silver pique work to the back of each piece. Hallmarked for Hassett and Harper B...
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1920s English Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Silver

Turtleshell hair comb-diadem with chain motif, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Tiara hair comb, in tortoiseshell, topped by an element, also in tortoiseshell, decorated with a sculpted chain motif sloping down from the center towards t...
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Early 20th Century French Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Antique Body Ornament Made of Himalayan Shells Secured to a Brass Buckle
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique body ornament from India, Nepal or Tibet, made of strands of old Himalayan shells secured to a brass circular buckle with pierced motifs. Embar...
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19th Century Asian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

Bruguier Tortoiseshell Swiss Fusée Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extremely rare, early Swiss automaton singing bird box by the famed Charles Bruguier is housed in a case enveloped in luxurious tortoiseshell. Ev...
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19th Century Swiss Louis XV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Gold

Metal Candle Holder with Tortoise Shell Screen
Located in New York, NY
A unique votive candleholder with a black metal base and a front screen in thin tortoiseshell. The unique color of the shell screen gives the candlelight a warm, beautiful shade.   
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1990s Thai Modern Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Metal

Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Featuring Alternating Panels From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this fine Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rect...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl

Turtleshell hair comb with butterfly in cutnsteel, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Hairdressing comb with blonde tortoiseshell prongs and cut steel decoration depicting a butterfly. France circa 1900. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
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Early 20th Century French Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Vintage Mexican Collectors Shadowbox
Located in Dallas, TX
A shadow box with laced doily, silver purse, antique spectacles. tortoiseshell and silver ornamentation. Made in Mexico circa 1930s to 1970s. Stamped signature on reverse reads Chavo...
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1970s Mexican Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Sterling Silver

Bleached Turtle Shell Mounted on a Stilbite and Apophyllite Mineral Base
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Bleached turtle shell mounted on a Stilbite and Apophyllite mineral base. The turtle shell has been naturally bleached by the sun and mounted on the rare mineral formation. Apophyllite is a mineral occurring typically as white glass prisms, usually as a secondary mineral in volcanic rocks. It is a hydrated silicate and fluoride of calcium and potassium. Stilbite is the name of a series of tectosilicate minerals of the zeolite group. Both naturally formed together to create an extraordinary mineral specimen. Together, the white turtle shell...
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20th Century American Organic Modern Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Rock Crystal, Metal

Korean Low Lacquer Table with Elaborate Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean black lacquered wood low table with elaborate inlay works circa late Joseon dynasty (late 19th century to turn of 20th century). The low table, supported by slightly curved ...
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Late 19th Century Korean Other Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, England 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy, England 19th Century
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19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Octagonal mirror
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Octagonal mirror in ebonished frame with tortoise shell, Dutch, 19th Century.
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1880s Dutch Renaissance Revival Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Wood

A Superb Pair of French Brass Mounted Tortoiseshell Veneered Collectors Cabinets
Located in London, GB
A Superb Pair of French Brass Mounted Tortoiseshell Veneered Collectors Cabinets in the Louis XVI Style Wood, Glass, Brass, Tortoiseshell, Horn, Velvet France, Napoleon III Circa 1...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

Pair of Korean Lacquer Wood Stacking Nong Cabinets with Striking Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine pair of two-tier stacking cabinets, known as Nong in Korean, circa early 20th century (Korean Empire to Japanese Colonial Period). The square cabinet each is fitted with a pai...
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Early 20th Century Korean Other Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Brass

Rare Pair of Spanish Colonial 18th Century Tortoiseshell Enconchado Mirrors, Per
Located in Benington, Herts
A Rare and Unusual Pair of 18th Century Spanish Colonial 'Enconchado' Mirrors Veneered in Tortoiseshell and Inlaid With Bone and Mother of Pearl Made in Lima (Peru) or Mexico Circa 1720 Provenance One of the mirrors with a fragmentary label printed with "Bodmer", possibly relating to one of the branches of the Bodmer family in Switzerland, some of whom were renowned collectors of South American art The mirrors of rectangular form with ripple moulded outer borders framing tortoishell veneered inner borders inlaid with fine bone stringing and sinuous floral motifs inlaid in mother of pearl. The sight edges also veneered and inlaid with a repeating geometric motif. The mirrors are notable for the fine quality of the inlay, their unusually large size for this date, in particular the size of the plates themselves (possibly original) and the fact that they are a pair. The term 'Enconchado' comes from Spanish colonial art, particularly associated with Mexico, comprising of oil paintings inlaid with mother of pearl and other iridescent minerals. This form of art is discussed in great detail by Miguel Arisa in his essay Luminosity in Mexican Enconchado Paintings and Conceptions of the Sacred in Visual Culture and Indigenous Agency in the Early Americas, The Early Americas: History and Culture, Volume: 10 Chapter 4 (October 2021). He argues that the development of this style was an attempt to combine pre-Hispanic indigenous South American traditions regarding the sacred properties of "shiny objects" and "Baroque concepts of the miraculous", the sparkling inlay adding to the power of the European religious imagery. Mirrors such as the present pair are likewise cross-cultural objects, fusing European form and aesthetic concerns with indigenous craftsmanship to create objects of great prestige and decorative appeal. The ripple mouldings are clearly the result of a 17th century Dutch...
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1720s Mexican Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Sicilian Tortoiseshell Frame
Located in New York, NY
Sicilian tortoiseshell frame. Antique octagonal frame in beautiful condition smoothly applied with antique tortoiseshell and original brass hook; for favourite photo or small mirror....
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Metal

Set of 4 Antique Silver & Tortoise Shell Menu Place Card Holders 1915 Boxed
Located in London, GB
A Set of 4 elegant Silver Menu Holders with oval Silver inlaid Tortoise Shell Panels, each showing and of a classical woman and cherub gathering foliage. This set of 4 Place Card Hol...
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20th Century English Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage Tortoiseshell Lucite & Chrome Serving Tray by Willy Rizzo, Italy ca.1970
Located in Geneva, CH
Tortoise shell and chrome serving tray by Willy Rizzo made in Italy ca. 1970 Good vintage condition L 54 x D 35 x H 8 cm
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1970s Italian Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Turtleshell hair comb-diadem, France 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Tortoiseshell tiara comb for hair surmounted by an element decorated with tortoiseshell volutes. France circa 1900. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
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Early 20th Century French Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Monumental Brass Inlaid boulle Style Dor'e Figural Bronze Mirrored Armoire
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a MONUMENTAL and absolutely phenomenal brass inlaid and tortoise-shell ebonized armoire in the style of Andre' Boulle, the designer of this form of firniture. This is part of...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Tortoise Hand Mirror France 1970 Beige and Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This mirror an hand mirror. In faux tortoise Bakelite. It has been made in France circa 1970. Beige and Brown color.
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell, Bakelite

19th Century Moorish Tortoiseshell and Bone Blue Velvet Lined Trinket Box
Located in High Wycombe, GB
19th Century Moorish Tortoiseshell and Bone Trinket Box, Lined with Blue Velvet. Ideal for jewellery or keepsakes or just as a decorative desk item.
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Mid-19th Century Moroccan Anglo-Indian Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Bone, Tortoise Shell

Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy With Sunburst Design
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 1870, English tortoiseshell tea caddy with sunburst design. It is absolutely the finest one I’ve ever owned! No cracks no restoration absolutely mint.
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1870s English Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Tortoise Shell

Cabinet 19th Century, Napoleon III Period, Style Boulle
Located in Warsaw, PL
This wooden cabinet is designed in the Boulle style. This style was very popular around the time of Napoleon III. The characteristic of this style is the use of small pieces of wood in furniture, inlaid designs with many different materials: precious wood, precious stones, enamel, ivory, seashells, metal, marble etc. In addition, to express the royal style, the "Boulle" style also uses a large amount of gilded copper on the furniture, such as tiger claw decoration, mirror border decoration, leaf decoration, etc. The main elementsof this cabinet is ebony and turtle shell, with decorative details and gilded legs. This is a pretty prominent highlight in the overall black and gold color scheme. Moreover, the head of a woman is in the middle of the cabinet with waves in her hair and grape vines could be representing the Greek goddes of spring Spring. Surrounding the head are beautiful acanthus motifs incorporated in every layer and surface of the cabinet. Symmetricallly on the left and right side of the head are two identical faces, with one being the lock of the cabinet where key goes. The four corners of the cabinet have blooming carnations to create a feeling of spring coming. The details are collaged, decorated with golden bronze leaves in a classic French style. On the edges of the cabinet are sculptures of two women wrapped around with cloth and leaves. Through it, the author highlights the beauty of the woman's status in the past. On the side panels of the cabinet is placed a gilded face of a man with wings...
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19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Rare French Art Deco Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage art deco trinket box. This beautiful and unique piece is brass constructed with a dome lid with tortoiseshell enamel inlay. Beautiful detailed engravings in brass ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Brass

Memento mori: a snuffbox in blonde tortoiseshell, gold, white agate. France 1820
Located in Milan, IT
Round Cylindrical snuffbox, regular, consisting of a base and a removable interlocking lid. On the lid a ring in smooth pink gold, which stops a glass lens. Inside a rare Memento mori decoration painted in oil on a white agate table...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Agate, Gold

Gold and ivory snuffbox depicting Mars, Venus and Cupid, France 1750.
Located in Milan, IT
Ivory and tortoiseshell snuffbox with 18 K gold rim. A grisaille miniature depicting Mars, Venus and Cupid. France second half of 18th Century. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Gold

Gold snuffbox with miniature, France 1810.
Located in Milan, IT
Snuffbox, Musky Agate and 18 K gold. Miniaute watercoulor on ivory depicting a white dressed woman. Tortoise shell gold piquet framed. France, circa 1810. ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

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Gold

Gold snuffbox, guache, tortoiseshell, France 1784.
Located in Milan, IT
Round snuffbox 18 K gold, tortoiseshell and gouache technique depicting two childs and a landscape. France 1784. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
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Late 18th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Furniture

Materials

Gold

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